Human stories deserve to stay human.

Zoie is an Australian entrepreneur and storyteller whose work has long centred on human connection. She first founded Zottie Dottie to challenge the stigma around mental health, creating a place where people could share honest stories of adversity and resilience. The project grew to include voices from 27 countries.

That work earned Queensland Young Achiever recognition and seed support from the Wilson Foundation through the Foundation for Young Australians. Zoie went on to speak at National Leadership Camps and Suicide Prevention Australia events, addressed crowds at Sydney Town Hall and startup conferences, and achieved the highest overall score in an accelerator program led by entrepreneurs Creel Price and Richard Branson.

She later spent more than four years with the Fijian Consulate General & Trade Commission, building relationships across government, business and communities. As that chapter grew, her passion project had to pause — but its purpose never left.

Now, as AI and social media reshape how we learn, communicate and remember, Zoie is returning to that purpose through VieVid: safeguarding human engagement and helping people take greater care over how their stories are captured, stored and shared.